A serious road accident took place last night in Barry near Tournai on the Chaussée de Mons, not far from the Zooclub nightclub. The mayor informed us this morning that two people lost their lives in this accident. “It was an accident between two vehicles. One came from Leuze, which apparently was driving very fast and collided head-on with another vehicle in the other direction. Two people died, from the second vehicle“, explains Paul-Olivier Delannois.
“The cause of the accident is apparently the speed on this axis. The lighting worked. This kind of drama never leaves me indifferent. It’s a real disaster“, he adds.
The Picardy Wallonia emergency services were alerted on Thursday, around 1:30 a.m., that an accident involving two vehicles had occurred along the Chaussée de Bruxelles in Barry (Tournai). An extrication vehicle, a marking truck, four ambulances and two Smurs were dispatched to the scene.
The collision occurred between the Festu bridge and the former Zoo nightclub. During a maneuver, a car was hit by another vehicle. In total, seven people were seated in these two cars. “We had to extricate one of the two occupants in one of the two cars. In the extricated car, two people died. It is a man and a woman“, said around 8:30 a.m. Captain Lionel Hanuise who led the intervention.
The precise circumstances of the accident and the number and condition of the injured are currently unknown. The Tournai-Mons public prosecutor’s office was informed of the facts and an expert came to the scene of the collision. We should know a little more later today from the magistrate on duty at the public prosecutor’s office.
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